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Pellegrino, Antonio.
Metodi sperimentali per la caratterizzazione di schiume sintattiche e leghe metalliche ad elevato strain rate.
Degree: 2012, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1109
► Il presente lavoro di tesi riguarda la caratterizzazione a differenti strain rate di diverse tipologie di materiali impiegati in ambito aerospaziale e le problematiche sperimentali…
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▼ Il presente lavoro di tesi riguarda la caratterizzazione a differenti strain rate di diverse tipologie di materiali impiegati in ambito aerospaziale e le problematiche sperimentali ad essa connesse.
Tale lavoro si inserisce nell¿ambito dell¿attività svolta dall¿Impact Engineering Lab dell¿Università di Oxford durante il periodo di formazione all¿estero della durata di un anno svolto sotto la supervisione del Dr. Nik Petrinic e del Dr. Vito Tagarielli ed è frutto della stretta attività di collaborazione tra il laboratorio suddetto ed una nota multinazionale operante nel settore aerospaziale.
All¿interno del lavoro di tesi vengono descritte accuratamente le differenti modalità di test relative ai test sui differenti materiali, le diverse e talvolta opposte problematiche inerenti i test su materiali polimerici e su materiali dotati di particolare resistenza, la definizione della geometria dei provini, l¿utilizzo dei vari equipaggiamenti impiegati, inclusa la messa a punto e la sincronizzazione dei segnali provenienti dalle diverse macchine di prova utilizzate e le telecamere ad elevato frame rate. Vengono inoltre discusse le modalità di elaborazione dei dati rilevati ed i risultati ottenuti a differenti velocità di deformazione valutando le variazioni di
comportamento meccanico del materiale in termini di proprietà elastiche, plastiche e di duttilità.
La totalità dei test illustrati è stata eseguita ricorrendo sia a misure di tipo
estensimetrico sia a misure di tipo ottico utilizzando opportune lenti di tipo
telecentrico e telecamere ad elevato frame rate. Inoltre, allo scopo di comprendere i meccanismo di deformazione e rottura di uno dei materiali caratterizzati si sono effettuate delle micrografie utilizzando un microscopio a scansione elettronica ESEM (Electon Scansion Environmental Microscope) ed analizzando visivamente lo stato delle superfici di rottura di provini testati in tensione e compressione a strain rate differenti.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; Impact, syntactic, Hopkinson, testing, characterization
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Pellegrino, A. (2012). Metodi sperimentali per la caratterizzazione di schiume sintattiche e leghe metalliche ad elevato strain rate. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1109
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Pellegrino, Antonio. “Metodi sperimentali per la caratterizzazione di schiume sintattiche e leghe metalliche ad elevato strain rate.” 2012. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1109.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Pellegrino, Antonio. “Metodi sperimentali per la caratterizzazione di schiume sintattiche e leghe metalliche ad elevato strain rate.” 2012. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Pellegrino A. Metodi sperimentali per la caratterizzazione di schiume sintattiche e leghe metalliche ad elevato strain rate. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1109.
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Pellegrino A. Metodi sperimentali per la caratterizzazione di schiume sintattiche e leghe metalliche ad elevato strain rate. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1109
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Aleo, Ignazio.
Complexity in motion.
Degree: 2012, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1072
► In the last few years a lot of works have been done in the field of motor control and in motion analysis. Several different hypotheses…
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▼ In the last few years a lot of works have been done in the field of motor control and in motion analysis. Several different hypotheses have been described and reviewed to understand living beings on motor coordination.
What is commonly referred to, as motor control is indeed an articulated problem that is, at least from a robotic perspective, often more suitably divided in: sensing (perception, cognition), deliberation, planning, kinematic control and dynamic control.
Through the pages of this work, several different problems related to motion control, to living beings motion and to its robotic counterpart will be addressed.
The strong underling motif of all the proposed algorithms and architectures (both software and hardware) is the presence of a real environment interaction.
From reflexes to motion planning, from architecture definition to smart sensor design and from kinematic modelling of the human body to the action-perception loop implementation, this thesis intends to be a first gatherer of information and ideas in this interesting and complex field.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; sensor,robot, motion
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Aleo, I. (2012). Complexity in motion. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1072
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Aleo, Ignazio. “Complexity in motion.” 2012. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1072.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Aleo, Ignazio. “Complexity in motion.” 2012. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
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Aleo I. Complexity in motion. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1072.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Aleo I. Complexity in motion. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1072
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Ventura, Cristina.
Theoretical and Experimental Development of a Photovoltaic Power System for Mobile Robot Applications.
Degree: 2012, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1102
► The primary goal of this work is the theoretical and experimental development of micro and mini systems for the photovoltaic production and the energy storage.…
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▼ The primary goal of this work is the theoretical and experimental development of micro and mini systems for the photovoltaic production and the energy storage.
Robotics platforms should be, as much as possible, autonomous and self-sufficient, also from the energetic point of view. To this aim, up to now, the best compromise appears to be the use of micro solar power systems with rechargeable batteries. The use of this strategy for supplying systems with limited size and mass, but nevertheless high power requirements, such as a mobile robot, has been first studied. The system taken as test-bed in the experiment is a bio-inspired mobile robot, called TriBot.
First of all, a preliminary analysis of the feasibility of a photovoltaic system with batteries to supply this mobile robot has been done, considering the different solutions to place the PV cells on the robot structure, the different photovoltaic technologies and the power consumption of the robot, the conclusion is that, using the photovoltaic system here proposed, it is possible to increase the autonomy of the robot.
Since in the PV system here analyzed few solar cells can be employed, a very efficient charging system is an essential requisite. To this aim, a novel photovoltaic charge regulator, which uses the Fractional Open-Circuit Voltage MPPT method, is proposed.
A typical stand-alone photovoltaic system includes a solar array, batteries, regulator and load. In order to model the whole system and to evaluate its performance, a Simulink model in Matlab environment has been developed. In the simulator, measured values of the radiation and the temperature have been used, Anyhow, it will be possible also to use predicted values of radiation and temperature.
In this work, data given us by a weather forecast provider have been used. First of all the accuracy of these predicted data have been determined. Then, a method to classify each minute of a day as variable, cloudy, slightly cloudy or clear has been implemented. Using a neural network, a correlation between the classification of a specific day and the error done has been found. The knowledge of the available energy, in fact, should allow to implement power saving strategies, optimizing the activities of the robot.
Forecast and measured solar radiation are relative to the horizontal plane. However, the PV panel exposition is not assumed to be a control variable due to the fact that the robot can change its posture operating on uneven terrains. For these reasons, models are required to estimate the solar radiation on the plane of the PV array starting from the radiation on the horizontal plane. To this aim, Perez and Klucher models have been developed, these models require information at the same time on the global and the direct or diffuse radiation on the horizontal surface. Moreover, a neural network that allows to evaluate the global solar radiation on the tilted surface directly from the global solar radiation measured on the horizontal plane, without the need to slit it into the direct and diffuse…
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; Photovoltaic, mobile robot, MPPT, models
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Ventura, C. (2012). Theoretical and Experimental Development of a Photovoltaic Power System for Mobile Robot Applications. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1102
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ventura, Cristina. “Theoretical and Experimental Development of a Photovoltaic Power System for Mobile Robot Applications.” 2012. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1102.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ventura, Cristina. “Theoretical and Experimental Development of a Photovoltaic Power System for Mobile Robot Applications.” 2012. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Ventura C. Theoretical and Experimental Development of a Photovoltaic Power System for Mobile Robot Applications. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1102.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Ventura C. Theoretical and Experimental Development of a Photovoltaic Power System for Mobile Robot Applications. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1102
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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La Malfa, Salvatore.
Rtd fluxgate magntometers.
Degree: 2012, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1079
► Fluxgate magnetometers have always been of interest to the technical and scientific communities as practical and convenient sensors for vector magnetic field measurements in the…
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▼ Fluxgate magnetometers have always been of interest to the technical and scientific communities as practical and convenient sensors for vector magnetic field measurements in the range of microtesla requiring a resolution of hundreds of picotesla at room temperature, and they find applicability in fields such as space, geophysical exploration and mapping, non destructive testing, as well as assorted military applications. In this Thesis the research work on RTD Fluxgate is presented along with the development of models, prototypes and their characterization.
Classical but also new technological approaches to realise low-cost Fluxgate magnetometers are proposed.
The design, development and characterization of an integrated mixed signal circuit expressly designed to read out the magnetic field information, and alternative readout strategies have also been described.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; Fluxgate, Magnetometers, Sensors
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La Malfa, S. (2012). Rtd fluxgate magntometers. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1079
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La Malfa, Salvatore. “Rtd fluxgate magntometers.” 2012. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1079.
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La Malfa, Salvatore. “Rtd fluxgate magntometers.” 2012. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
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La Malfa S. Rtd fluxgate magntometers. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1079.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
La Malfa S. Rtd fluxgate magntometers. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1079
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Belluomo, Paola.
New proposals for EEG and fMRI based Brain Computer Interface technology.
Degree: 2013, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1305
► In this manuscript three related aspects of research on BCI systems were discussed. These aspects were the evaluation of a nonlinear feature extraction algorithm for…
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▼ In this manuscript three related aspects of research on BCI systems were discussed. These aspects were the evaluation of a nonlinear feature extraction algorithm for BCI, the analysis of the functional connectivity between the signals acquired in different brain regions when a user performs an operant conditioning paradigm with fMRI based BCI technology, and the development of BCIs applications for disabled subjects.
We have introduced a new EEG signals features extraction techniques based on nonlinear time series analysis. This signal processing approach was tested offline considering three sessions of imaginary motor tasks. The main objective is increasing the performance of BCI systems extracting a more robust feature. In order to reach this objective a fast algorithm that computes the largest Lyapunov exponent, the DivA [7], was used. This implementation results to be computationally less onerous than the conventional ones, since it is not based on the time-delay embedding concept and also no intermediate computational steps are needed to obtain the final result. For this reason the DivA is particularly suitable for real time analysis, thus for BCI applications. Our evaluations underline the capability and the potentiality of this method in respect to the classical approach. The idea for future works is to integrate the nonlinear algorithm investigated in this thesis in a BCI system, thus using it on line. The design of a BCI based on our nonlinear feature extraction method could improve the performance of the systems that use sensory motor rhythms as neurophysiologic signals.
The analysis of the functional connectivity between brain regions involved in the perception of pain is the second topic that were dealt with in this thesis. Thanks to the collaboration with the central institute of mental health, Heidelberg university in Mannheim, the dataset recorded with an fMRI based BCI technology have been analysed. The results reveal the possibility for a person to modulate the brain waves, in particular the neurophysiologic signals related to the perception of pain. Control over the pain modulatory system is an important target because it could enable a unique mechanism for clinical control over pain. Here, we found that using real-time functional MRI based BCI to guide training, subjects were able to learn to control activation both in anterior cingulated cortex and in the posterior insula. The BCI techniques could have an important role for treating disease, for example for the chronic pain treatment. An aspect that can be investigated in future work is the involvement of the medial cingulate cortex in the pain perception. Indeed when the subject deliberately induced increases or decreases in ACC or pIns fMRI activation, there was a corresponding change in the connection between the MCC and the other ROIs. In particular a more strong connection between MCC and pInsR can be noticed. In future works could be interesting to analyze the role of MCC in the perception of pain.
Finally, we proposed the designs of…
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; BCI, Lyapunov exponent, EEG, fMRI
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Belluomo, P. (2013). New proposals for EEG and fMRI based Brain Computer Interface technology. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1305
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Belluomo, Paola. “New proposals for EEG and fMRI based Brain Computer Interface technology.” 2013. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1305.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Belluomo, Paola. “New proposals for EEG and fMRI based Brain Computer Interface technology.” 2013. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Belluomo P. New proposals for EEG and fMRI based Brain Computer Interface technology. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1305.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Belluomo P. New proposals for EEG and fMRI based Brain Computer Interface technology. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1305
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Termini, Pietro Savio.
Insect brain modeling for cognitive robotics.
Degree: 2013, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1304
► During his history, man has always tried to imitate nature, to better know and understand himself. Thanks to the improvement of electronic technologies, the instruments…
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▼ During his history, man has always tried to imitate nature, to better know and understand himself.
Thanks to the improvement of electronic technologies, the instruments with which he has followed this target have been improved, with results more and more realistic. Trying to artificially reproduce what nature has slowly realized and time tested, humans find amazing problems and solutions, that give a contribution to their life quality. Robots are the way humans try to reproduce animals, and study their interaction with the environment. Robots help to better know animals and animals help to create efficient robots. Analyzing animal brains leads to new control systems that could allow robots to be able to orient themselves, to take decisions, to survive alone, to complete dangerous missions, to be completely autonomous. Robot implementation could also lead to predictions, for basic science, deriving from emergent properties of models.
The goal of this work is to design and simulate a simplified model of the brain of the Drosophila melanogaster.
Fly has a small brain that shows a wealth of complex behaviors. Genetic techniques allow to remove parts of the Drosophila brain and the analysis of mutants behavior can lead to hypotheses about the functions of every single brain part.
The bio-inspired models have been implemented in robotic structures and in robot simulators, in order to make comparisons between the real fly and the modeled one. This PhD research has been oriented toward two main lines: the first one has been directed to the insect brain modeling;
the second line has been oriented to the simulation and the implementation of the model in robotic structures and then to the analysis of the behavior of the robots in order to obtain comparative results with real flies as well as predictions about the behavior of the real flies under particular circumstances.
This thesis is divided in seven chapters. The first four chapters describe an original robotic architecture inspired by
the fruit fly \emph{Drosophila melanogaster}. In the last three chapters, instead,
one peculiar part of the insect brain, the Mushroom Bodies, is analyzed and modeled.
This structure presents a lot of interesting capabilities and it deserves attention and investigation.
Biological details will be given step by step, in order to emphasize the link between
biology and models
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; robotics, neural network, insect brain
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Termini, P. S. (2013). Insect brain modeling for cognitive robotics. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1304
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Termini, Pietro Savio. “Insect brain modeling for cognitive robotics.” 2013. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1304.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Termini, Pietro Savio. “Insect brain modeling for cognitive robotics.” 2013. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Termini PS. Insect brain modeling for cognitive robotics. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1304.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Termini PS. Insect brain modeling for cognitive robotics. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1304
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Di Salvo, Roberto.
Large scale ground truth generation for performance evaluation of computer vision methods.
Degree: 2014, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1493
► In this thesis a set of novel video annotation methods for performance evaluation of object detection, tracking and recognition applications is proposed. Large scale labeled…
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▼ In this thesis a set of novel video annotation methods for performance evaluation of object detection, tracking and recognition applications is proposed.
Large scale labeled datasets are of key importance for the development of automatic video analysis tools as they, from one hand, allow multi-class classifiers training and, from the other hand, support the algorithms evaluation phase. This is widely recognized by the multimedia and computer vision communities, as witnessed by the growing number of available datasets; however, the research still lacks in usable and effective annotation tools, since a lot of human effort is necessary to generate high quality ground truth data. However, it is not feasible to collect large video ground truths, covering as much scenarios and object categories as possible, by exploiting only the effort of isolated research groups.
For these reasons in this thesis we first present a semi-automatic stand-alone tool for gathering ground truth data with the aim of improving the user experience by providing edit shortcuts such as hotkeys and drag-and-drop, and by integrating computer vision algorithms to make the whole process automatic with a little intervention by the end users. In this context we also present a collaborative web-based platform for video ground truthing which integrates the stand-alone tools and provides an easy and intuitive user interface that allows plain video annotation and instant sharing/integration of the generated ground truths, in order not to only alleviate a large part of the effort and time needed, but also to increase the quality of the generated annotations.
These tools are specifically thought to help users in collecting annotations thanks to the introduction of simple interfaces, which considerably improve and facilitate their work, also by integrating novel methods for quality control, but still remain a burdensome task with regard to the attention and time needed to obtain good records.
To motivate the users and relieve them from the tiresome task of making manual annotations, we devised strategies to automatically create annotation by processing data from the crowd. To this end we initially develop an approach based on an online game to collect big noisy data. By exploiting the information, we then propose data-driven approaches, mainly based on image segmentation and statistical methods, which allow us to obtain reliable video annotations by using low quality and noisy data gathered quickly and easily from the game. Also we demonstrate that the quality of the obtained annotations increases as more users play with the game making it an effective and valid application for the collection of consistent ground truth data.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; Ground truth, performance eveluation, crowdsourcing
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Di Salvo, R. (2014). Large scale ground truth generation for performance evaluation of computer vision methods. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1493
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Di Salvo, Roberto. “Large scale ground truth generation for performance evaluation of computer vision methods.” 2014. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1493.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Di Salvo, Roberto. “Large scale ground truth generation for performance evaluation of computer vision methods.” 2014. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Di Salvo R. Large scale ground truth generation for performance evaluation of computer vision methods. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1493.
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Council of Science Editors:
Di Salvo R. Large scale ground truth generation for performance evaluation of computer vision methods. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1493
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Gambuzza, Lucia Valentina.
Memristors and networks: new structures for complexity.
Degree: 2014, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1481
► One of the most interesting aspects of complexity is that it occurs at different levels. It may occur at the level of interactions among the…
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▼ One of the most interesting aspects of complexity is that it occurs at
different levels. It may occur at the level of interactions among the
agents that compose a complex network: despite the relatively simple
behavior of each single unit, the whole network may exhibit holistic
collective dynamics, such self-organization, synchronization, robustness
to failure, and so on; and it may occur, in the form of an aperiodic
irregular behavior, at the level of a system described by a low-order set
of ordinary differential equations, three, for instance, in the case of
continuous-time systems. This thesis focuses on both levels of complexity.
The first part, in particular, deals with complexity at the level of a
single dynamical system. The main contributions of the work summarized in
this thesis refer to the use of a new electronic component for the design
of chaotic circuits. This new component, the memristor, is at the same
time a memory element and a nonlinear element and for this reason has been regarded in literature as an effective block to reduce the minimum number of components needed to build a chaotic circuit. The original aspect of this thesis is the focus on a realistic model of memristor, that is a
model derived starting from the analysis of the real memristor device
discovered in the HP laboratories. The use of such approach introduces
constraints in the design that are not considered in idealized models such
as piece-wise linear ones. The main results were: i) the introduction of a
configuration of two memristors in antiparallel which has been used as the
fundamental block to design a gallery of autonomous and non-autonomous
nonlinear circuits exhibiting a rich dynamics, including chaos; ii) the
design of a hybrid circuit which takes from the characterization
methodology of real memristors the idea of using a simple digital linear
control circuitry which allows chaos to be observed with the driving of a
single memristor.
The second part of the thesis focuses on synchronization on complex
networks. In particular, the onset of a new form of synchronization, named
remote synchronization, in complex networks has been investigated. Remote synchronization appears in star-like networks of coupled Stuart-Landau oscillators, where the hub node is characterized by an oscillation
frequency different from that of the leaves, as a regime in which the
peripheral nodes are synchronized each other but not with the hub. In this
thesis we have investigated if similar conditions can be observed in more
general frameworks. We have found that networks of not homogeneous nodes may display many pairs of nodes that, despite the fact that are not
directly connected nor connected through chains of synchronized nodes, are phase synchronized.
We have introduced measures to characterize this phenomenon and found that it is common both in scale-free and Erdos-Renyi networks. Furthermore, this is an important mechanism to form clusters of
synchronized nodes in a network. Finally, we have linked the
appearance of pairs of remotely…
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; memristor, complex networks, chaos
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Gambuzza, L. V. (2014). Memristors and networks: new structures for complexity. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1481
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Gambuzza, Lucia Valentina. “Memristors and networks: new structures for complexity.” 2014. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1481.
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Gambuzza, Lucia Valentina. “Memristors and networks: new structures for complexity.” 2014. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Gambuzza LV. Memristors and networks: new structures for complexity. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1481.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Gambuzza LV. Memristors and networks: new structures for complexity. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1481
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9.
Amenta, Valeria Assunta.
Study of an innovative non intrusive load monitoring system for energy emancipation of domestic users: hardware and ICT optimized solutions.
Degree: 2017, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3641
► Non-intrusive appliance load monitoring (NIALM) is the process of disaggregating a household s total electricity consumption into its contributing appliances. Smart meters are currently being…
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▼ Non-intrusive appliance load monitoring (NIALM) is the process of disaggregating a household s total electricity consumption into its contributing appliances. Smart meters are currently being deployed on national scales, providing a platform to collect aggregate household electricity consumption data. Existing approaches to NIALM require a manual training phase in which either sub-metered appliance data is collected or appliance usage is manually labelled. This training data is used to build models of the household appliances, which are subsequently used to disaggregate the household s electricity data. Due to the requirement of such a training phase, existing approaches do not scale automatically to the national scales of smart meter data currently being collected.
In this thesis an unsupervised disaggregation method is presented which, unlike existing approaches, does not require a manual training phase. A NIALM system reads real-time data from a smart meter, usually positioned at the point on the public electricity network at which the customers is connected, and uses algorithms not only to quantify how much energy is used in the home, but also to determine what main devices are being operated. NIALM algorithms need a complete load signature and complex optimization algorithms to find the right combination of single loads that fits the real electrical measurements. It is practically impossible to get the detailed signature of all appliances inside a house/building and sophisticated optimization algorithm are not suitable for on-line applications. To do so, we address the following topics.
First, a straightforward NIALM algorithm is proposed, it is based on both a simple load signature, rated active and reactive power and a heuristic disaggregation algorithm.
Second, on real applications, this approach cannot reach very high performances; this is the reason why an active involvement of users is considered. The users feedback aims to: correct the load signatures, reduce the error of disaggregation algorithm and increase the active participation of users in saving energy politics.
Third, the NIALM algorithm has been accurately tested numerically using as input load curves generated randomly but under given constraints. In this way, the causes of inefficiency of the proposed approach are quantitatively analyzed both separately and in different combinations.
The above contributions provide a solution which satisfies the requirements of a NIALM method which is both unsupervised (no manual interaction required during training) and uses only smart meter data (no installation of additional hardware is required). When combined, the contributions presented in this thesis represent an advancement in the state of the art in the field of non-intrusive appliance load monitoring, and a step towards increasing the efficiency of energy consumption within households.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; NIALM, Energy Emancipation, Feedback Algorithm
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Amenta, Valeria Assunta. “Study of an innovative non intrusive load monitoring system for energy emancipation of domestic users: hardware and ICT optimized solutions.” 2017. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3641.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Amenta, Valeria Assunta. “Study of an innovative non intrusive load monitoring system for energy emancipation of domestic users: hardware and ICT optimized solutions.” 2017. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Amenta VA. Study of an innovative non intrusive load monitoring system for energy emancipation of domestic users: hardware and ICT optimized solutions. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2017. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3641.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Amenta VA. Study of an innovative non intrusive load monitoring system for energy emancipation of domestic users: hardware and ICT optimized solutions. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3641
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10.
Buzzanca, Marco.
Sociality in Complex Networks.
Degree: 2018, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3766
► The study of network theory is nothing new, as we may find the first example of a proof of network theory back in the 18th…
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▼ The study of network theory is nothing new, as we may find the first example of a proof of network theory back in the 18th century. However, in recent times, many researchers are using their time to investigate networks, giving new life to an old topic. As we are living in the era of information, networks are everywhere, and their complexity is constantly rising. The field of complex networks attempts to address this complexity with innovative solutions. Complex networks all share a series of common topological features, which revolve around the relationship between nodes, where relationship is intended in the most abstract possible way. Nonetheless, it is important to study these relationships because they can be exploited in several scenarios, like web page searching, recommender systems, e-commerce and so on. This thesis presents studies of sociality in complex networks, ranging from the microscale, which focuses the attention on the point of view of single nodes, to the mesoscale, instead shifts the interest in node groups.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; complex networks, trust, communities, ranking
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Buzzanca, Marco. “Sociality in Complex Networks.” 2018. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3766.
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Buzzanca, Marco. “Sociality in Complex Networks.” 2018. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Buzzanca M. Sociality in Complex Networks. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2018. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3766.
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Council of Science Editors:
Buzzanca M. Sociality in Complex Networks. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3766
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
11.
Cammarata, Massimiliano.
Progetto degli edifici a quasi zero energia.
Degree: 2016, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3774
► A seguito della direttiva europea 31/2010/ce e della Legge 90/2013 i nuovi edifici dovranno essere a quasi zero energia a partire dal 2021. Il lavoro…
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▼ A seguito della direttiva europea 31/2010/ce e della Legge 90/2013 i nuovi edifici dovranno essere a quasi zero energia a partire dal 2021. Il lavoro esamina le problematiche sia di involucro che impiantistiche di questi edifici e propone un metodo dinamico per il calcolo dei consumi energetici mensili, stagionali ed annuali.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; Edifici a quasi zero energia
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Cammarata, Massimiliano. “Progetto degli edifici a quasi zero energia.” 2016. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3774.
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Cammarata, Massimiliano. “Progetto degli edifici a quasi zero energia.” 2016. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Cammarata M. Progetto degli edifici a quasi zero energia. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3774.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Cammarata M. Progetto degli edifici a quasi zero energia. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3774
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12.
Cavallo, Marco.
H2F: a hierarchical Hadoop framework to process Big Data in geo-distributed contexts.
Degree: 2018, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3801
► L ampia diffusione di tecnologie ha portato alla generazione di enormi quantità di dati, o di Big Data, che devono essere raccolti, memorizzati e elaborati…
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▼ L ampia diffusione di tecnologie ha portato alla generazione di enormi quantità di dati, o di Big Data, che devono essere raccolti, memorizzati e elaborati attraverso nuove tecniche per produrre valore nel modo migliore. I framework distribuiti di calcolo come Hadoop, basati sul paradigma MapRe-
duce, sono stati utilizzati per elaborare tali quantità di dati sfruttando la potenza di calcolo di molti nodi di cluster.
Purtroppo, in molte applicazioni di big data, i dati da elaborare risiedono in diversi data center computazionali eterogeni e distribuiti in luoghi diversi.
In questo contesto le performance di Hadoop crollano drasticamente. Per affrontare questo problema, abbiamo sviluppato un Hierarchical Hadoop Framework(H2F) in grado di pianificare e distribuire task tra cluster geograficamente distanti in modo da ridurre al minimo il tempo di esecuzione complessivo delle applicazioni.
Le nostre valutazioni sperimentali mostrano che l utilizzo di H2F migliora notevolmente il tempo di elaborazione per dataset geodistribuiti rispetto ad un semplice sistema Hadoop.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; BigData,Hadoop,Cloud Computing,IoT
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Cavallo, Marco. “H2F: a hierarchical Hadoop framework to process Big Data in geo-distributed contexts.” 2018. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3801.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Cavallo, Marco. “H2F: a hierarchical Hadoop framework to process Big Data in geo-distributed contexts.” 2018. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Cavallo M. H2F: a hierarchical Hadoop framework to process Big Data in geo-distributed contexts. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2018. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3801.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Cavallo M. H2F: a hierarchical Hadoop framework to process Big Data in geo-distributed contexts. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3801
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
13.
Corradino, Claudia.
Hybrid System of Systems Control : the TOKAMAK scenario.
Degree: 2018, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3820
► The basic definition of System-of-Systems (SoS) is that of a large-scale integration of many independent, self-contained systems having the common aim of satisfying a global…
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▼ The basic definition of System-of-Systems (SoS) is that of a large-scale
integration of many independent, self-contained systems having the
common aim of satisfying a global need. Under this perspective, lots of
systems of systems can be found in several fields where a common final
goal drives systems towards a final SoS state. In nuclear fusion research
area, several examples of SoS applications can be made. From the integration
of all the constituents of the TOKAMAK machines which work
together to achieve a sustained nuclear fusion reaction, to the circuits
made of active analogue components mimicking plasma behavior, to
the neural networks made of connected units working together in order
to predict plasma variables behavior. In this work, investigation of
several SoS relevant in TOKAMAK scenario is performed and interesting
results enhancing the plant capabilities provided. This thesis itself
has been structured with a SoS-like structures where the integration of
self-contained chapters is performed in order to satisfy the global goal
that is improving TOKAMAK performances.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; system-of-systems, control, tokamak
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Corradino, Claudia. “Hybrid System of Systems Control : the TOKAMAK scenario.” 2018. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3820.
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Corradino, Claudia. “Hybrid System of Systems Control : the TOKAMAK scenario.” 2018. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
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Corradino C. Hybrid System of Systems Control : the TOKAMAK scenario. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2018. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3820.
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Council of Science Editors:
Corradino C. Hybrid System of Systems Control : the TOKAMAK scenario. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3820
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14.
Leotta, Marco.
Context Awareness in the Internet of Things and its Applications.
Degree: 2015, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3938
► In the last decade the role of context awareness, traditionally focused on human to machine interaction, has broadened its perspectives to the machine to machine…
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▼ In the last decade the role of context awareness, traditionally focused on human to machine interaction, has broadened its perspectives to the machine to machine paradigma. The main goal of this dissertation is both to understand how to apply context awareness to situations , perceived by smart devices, and to conceptually stretch context modeling to a dynamic contextualization in human to machine interactions.
The roots of the Internet of Things paradigma reside in the efforts reached in the Wireless Sensor Networks technology, mostly in data aggregation and in energy saving, and the adoption of multi-agent modeling has gained context awareness application to machine to machine interaction. A well defined methodology, previously applied to human to machine interaction, now can be adopted for smart devices, that behave like humans.
Another evidence of the emergence of the Internet of Things technology nowadays comes from the everyday life experience. The Internet of Things is the key for the practical implementation of innovative software systems for the ubiquitous computing. Thanks to all these technologies, Smart devices (like the Nest Thermostat or the Apple Watch) are currently more and more integrated among them and they are becoming invisible servants for final users. As a proof of this new technological era, we can think about how the usage of the Siri tool has become an automated and unconscious mechanism in looking for a telephone number, in reaching a specific destination, or in driving home heating, to understand the potentialities of merging context awareness to the Internet of Things in a convergent and ubiquitous platform.
The enormous amount of smart devices, currently deployed in the world, have also to deal with an easy knowledge representation of sensed context, in order to provide new mechanisms to automate daily tasks, understanding the behavior of end-users within the surrounding environment.
On the other hand, the rapid growing number of smart devices deployed has a drawback in the future proliferation of high level context models, possibly coupled to lower context levels.
What emerges from the current study is the necessity to easy the management of multiple contexts, to be used by upper level applications. The dynamic contextualization solves this kind of issues, distinguishing from the total amount of features, captured from the surrounding environment, and the context model that is closely related to the issue to be solved.
Deep profiling on context aware usage enhances the development of context aware services, that can simply use an abstraction layer to properly manage underlying context models. What can be deduced is that the customization of context aware services to the user is a key process to narrow the gap between smart devices and their daily usage.
In this dissertation, the definition of high level scenarios have been determined by applying decision trees, for their huge potentialities expressed in dynamic context extraction.
Applications of these concepts were used in…
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; decision trees, wsn, smart devices
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Leotta, Marco. “Context Awareness in the Internet of Things and its Applications.” 2015. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3938.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Leotta, Marco. “Context Awareness in the Internet of Things and its Applications.” 2015. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Leotta M. Context Awareness in the Internet of Things and its Applications. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3938.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Leotta M. Context Awareness in the Internet of Things and its Applications. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3938
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15.
Maiorca, Felice.
Innovative Electromechanical Transduction Mechanisms for Piezoelectric Energy harvesting from Vibration: Toward Micro and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems.
Degree: 2015, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3949
► Vibration energy harvesting is one the hottest topics addressed by a big part of the scientific community. A lot of transduction mechanisms have been investigated…
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▼ Vibration energy harvesting is one the hottest topics addressed by a big part of the scientific community. A lot of transduction mechanisms have been investigated and designed, based mechanical systems and transduction principles in order to recover energy coming from environmental vibrations. In this work, innovative transduction mechanisms will be described, suitable to harvesting energy from weak random vibrations, to rectifying and multiplying voltages avoiding the use of classic solutions based on diodes. Innovative devices will be introduced, based on nonlinear mechanical systems and piezoelectric transducers; analytical models will be provided and simulation results will be shown. Laboratory prototypes and experiments will be also described. Comparisons between simulations and experiments results will be provided in order to demonstrate the goodness of the proposed approaches. Finally, MEMS technologies suitable with piezoelectric energy harvesting, together with a very simple micro scale prototype, will be introduced as encouraging elements for future miniaturization of the devices.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; Energy harvesting, nonlinear systems, MEMS
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Maiorca, Felice. “Innovative Electromechanical Transduction Mechanisms for Piezoelectric Energy harvesting from Vibration: Toward Micro and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems.” 2015. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3949.
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Maiorca, Felice. “Innovative Electromechanical Transduction Mechanisms for Piezoelectric Energy harvesting from Vibration: Toward Micro and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems.” 2015. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Maiorca F. Innovative Electromechanical Transduction Mechanisms for Piezoelectric Energy harvesting from Vibration: Toward Micro and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3949.
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Maiorca F. Innovative Electromechanical Transduction Mechanisms for Piezoelectric Energy harvesting from Vibration: Toward Micro and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3949
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16.
Ognibene, Giulia.
Multifunctional nanocomposites obtained by hierarchical structures.
Degree: 2017, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3980
► Il presente lavoro è focalizzato sullo sviluppo di nanocompositi multifunzionali innovativi basati sull'uso di una struttura gerarchica. A questo scopo, nanofibre polimeriche sono state prodotte…
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▼ Il presente lavoro è focalizzato sullo sviluppo di nanocompositi multifunzionali innovativi basati sull'uso di una struttura gerarchica. A questo scopo, nanofibre polimeriche sono state prodotte per electrospinning. Questo processo utilizza un' alta tensione (circa il 10-20 kV) per caricare elettricamente una soluzione polimerica per la produzione di fibre ultra-sottili. Due diverse applicazioni sono stati proposte per le membrane termoplastiche ottenute. Nella prima, esse sono state utilizzate per fabbricare laminati compositi tenacizzati e nanorinforzati (utilizzando MWCNT) mediante Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) e altre tecniche di infusione. Mentre nella seconda applicazione, tali membrane sono state modificate con nanoparticelle inorganiche e utilizzate come membrane attive per filtrazione dell'acqua.
La necessità di tenacizzare materiali compositi si pone perché essi sono soggetti a delaminazione lungo piani interlaminari. La soluzione proposta a questo problema è stato l'uso di nanofibre che possono essere abbastanza piccole da rinforzare regioni della matrice che si trovano tra strati adiacenti del laminato. A questo scopo sono stati elettrofilati diversi polimeri e sono stati utilizzati come tenacizzanti in laminati compositi. La caratterizzazione di questi laminati, modificati con nanofibre, mostra proprietà termo-meccaniche simili a quelle dei sistemi ottenuti utilizzando la procedura standard. Inoltre, al fine di conferire altre funzionalità quali resistenza al fuoco, lightining-strike, auto-sensing, ecc al composito, sistemi di resine epossidiche con nanocariche sono stati studiati e caratterizzati.
Parlando di membrane per la filtrazione dell'acqua, attualmente, membrane polimeriche sono per lo più utilizzate per applicazioni di filtraggio grazie alle loro buone proprietà e bassi costi rispetto alle membrane inorganiche. Di conseguenza, i meccanismi di filtrazione di queste membrane si basano principalmente sugli effetti meccanici come setacciatura, quindi nessuna rimozione chimica delle sostanze tossiche può essere realizzata, questo porta ad effetti di fouling che limitano le prestazioni della membrana. L'idea è stata quella di sviluppare le membrane attive per il filtraggio dell'acqua, caratterizzate da un effetto combinato, setacciatura, proprietà foto-catalitiche e proprietà antibatteriche. A questo scopo, nanofili di ZnO cristallino sono stati cresciuti con un processo chimico da un bagno di deposizione sulle fibre PES ES. Le membrane ibride ottenute mostrano una buona attività fotocatalitica. Inoltre, membrane di PES antibatteriche sono state ottenute da un procedimento one step a partire da una soluzione polimerica con nanoparticelle d'argento precursori. La conversione da precursori argento a nanoparticelle di argento è confermata dalla spettroscopia UV-vis.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; nanocomposites, electrospinning, multifunctional, water filtration
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Ognibene, G. (2017). Multifunctional nanocomposites obtained by hierarchical structures. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3980
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Ognibene, Giulia. “Multifunctional nanocomposites obtained by hierarchical structures.” 2017. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3980.
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Ognibene, Giulia. “Multifunctional nanocomposites obtained by hierarchical structures.” 2017. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Ognibene G. Multifunctional nanocomposites obtained by hierarchical structures. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2017. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3980.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Ognibene G. Multifunctional nanocomposites obtained by hierarchical structures. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3980
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17.
Pulvirenti, Mario.
Fault tolerant solutions for ac multidrive systems.
Degree: 2016, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4017
► Questa tesi, presenta uno studio riguardante sistemi in cui operano più azionamenti elettrici, i quali possono essere collegati in modo da definire un sistema multi-drive.…
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▼ Questa tesi, presenta uno studio riguardante sistemi in cui operano più azionamenti elettrici, i quali possono essere collegati in modo da definire un sistema multi-drive. In questo modo, una nuova topologia tollerante ai guasti è stata sviluppata e verificata sperimentalmente, in cui i drive sani supportano quelli guasti, evitando interruzioni che potrebbero essere critiche per motivi di sicurezza o economiche. La valutazione delle performance e dell efficienza durante le operazioni dopo il guasto è realizzata con sistemi multi-drive con due o tre azionamenti elettrici. Il sistema multi-drive composto da due azionamenti, di cui uno rotante e l altro statico, è usato anche per analizzare un sistema di generazione eolica.
Un ulteriore aspetto analizzato, riguarda la stima corretta della posizione di rotore di un singolo azionamento elettrico, presente in un sistema multi-drive, con sensori a bassa risoluzione. A causa di guasti che possono accadere su tali sensori, un opportuna tecnica di compensazione è presentata e verificata con tre diversi algoritmi.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; fault tolerant, multidrive, vector control
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Pulvirenti, Mario. “Fault tolerant solutions for ac multidrive systems.” 2016. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4017.
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Pulvirenti, Mario. “Fault tolerant solutions for ac multidrive systems.” 2016. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Pulvirenti M. Fault tolerant solutions for ac multidrive systems. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4017.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Pulvirenti M. Fault tolerant solutions for ac multidrive systems. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4017
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18.
Saccullo, Giuseppe.
Advanced Ecocomposites Materials.
Degree: 2019, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4150
► The thesis is divided into five chapters: the first four chapters cover the state of the art review on wood plastic composites, lignin and the…
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▼ The thesis is divided into five chapters: the first four chapters cover the state of the art review on wood plastic composites, lignin and the recycling of bioplastics. The fifth chapter cover the experimental work of the thesis. In chapter fifth the materials and methods used are firstly presented followed by the discussion on the results obtained.
The research work performed during the PhD was focused on the development of novel eco-compatible thermoplastic composites. The experimental work was based on the use of two polymer matrices: polypropylene and poly(lactid acid). Polypropilene is not biodegradable but by the addition of a lignin based polymer the carbon biocontent was increased obtaining a formulation readily available and suitable for applications. The results presented on these blends outlined an increased thermal stability and mechanical resistance due to the addition of the lignin based system. This result is promising for the application of this blend in the automotive field. Many automotive parts, such as for example the under hood parts, require improved thermal performances that can be fulfilled by the proposed approach.
To overcome the problem of the use of petroleum based plastic the use of PLA was investigated in the research. PLA can be synthetized starting from sugar resulting in a ecofriendly matrix. PLA can be composted so it is a viable option to improve the ecocompability of polymers. However, PLA has an high cost of production which, since now, limited its acceptance in mass production. Therefore, to reduce PLA cost and, at the same time, improve the mechanical and thermal properties the addition of lignin was studied. The results obtained showed that, as for PP, lignin is a potentially good additive. However, the results showed some processing issues due to the thermal stability of PLA which was negatively affected by the reactive moiety of lignin.
The results obtained confirmed that combining natural fillers (i.e. lignin) with polymers synthetized by natural sources (i.e. PLA) promising blends can be obtained. However, processing should be optimized to minimize the degradation. To achieve such goal, a feasible process could be to chemical modify the lignin structure or the PLA matrix. Lignin is a multifunctional polymers thus, the approach could be oriented to link moiety which can reduce the interaction with the ester group of PLA.
In addition to the improvement of the thermal stability of PLA/Lignin blends future work will be oriented to the use of such blends as matrix for natural fiber composites. This further development will be pursued to obtain sytems suitable for structural applications.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; COMPOSITES,ECOMATERIAL,THERMOPLASTIC
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Saccullo, Giuseppe. “Advanced Ecocomposites Materials.” 2019. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4150.
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Saccullo, Giuseppe. “Advanced Ecocomposites Materials.” 2019. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Saccullo G. Advanced Ecocomposites Materials. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4150.
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Saccullo G. Advanced Ecocomposites Materials. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4150
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19.
Zago, Vito.
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method and flow dynamics: the case of lava numerical modeling and simulation.
Degree: 2019, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4145
► Lo Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics è un metodo Lagrangiano mesh-free che sta riscuotendo interesse nel campo della fluidodinamica computazionale. Grazie alla sua natura, il metodo SPH…
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▼ Lo Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics è un metodo Lagrangiano mesh-free che sta riscuotendo interesse nel campo della fluidodinamica computazionale. Grazie alla sua natura, il metodo SPH è in grado di gestire fluidi complessi caratterizzati da reolgie non-Newtoniane, superfici libere, dipendenze dalla temperatura, transizioni di fase, grandi deformazioni, e così via. Il metodo SPH è caratterizzato da una natura intrinsecamente parallela, che ne rende possibile l'esecuzione su hardware per il calcolo parallelo ad alte prestazioni, come ad esempio le moderne schede grafiche (GPU), ottenendo così tempi di simulazione vantaggiosi. In questa tesi lavoreremo su GPUSPH, un'implementazione su GPU del metodo SPH. Studieremo la simulazione di un fluido molto complesso: la lava. La combinazione di superficie libera, topografia naturale, transizioni di fase e la formazione di strutture come argini e tunnel, rende la modellazione e la simulazione della lava un aspetto di interesse nel campo della fluidodinamica computazionale, con un notevole impatto in numerosi campi dell'Ingegneria e della ricerca scientifica. Vedremo l'introduzione in GPUSPH di modelli e strategie che permetteranno di trattare le diverse caratteristiche delle colate laviche, includendo lo sviluppo di uno schema di integrazione semi-implicito, che permetterà la simulazione di fluidi altamente viscosi, assicurando robustezza e riducendo i tempi di simulazione.
La nuova implementazione sarà testata per verificarne la correttezza e studiarne i livelli accuratezza e performance raggiunti.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; SPH, lava, GPUSPH, GPU, CUDA
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Zago, Vito. “Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method and flow dynamics: the case of lava numerical modeling and simulation.” 2019. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4145.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Zago, Vito. “Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method and flow dynamics: the case of lava numerical modeling and simulation.” 2019. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Zago V. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method and flow dynamics: the case of lava numerical modeling and simulation. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4145.
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Council of Science Editors:
Zago V. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method and flow dynamics: the case of lava numerical modeling and simulation. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4145
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University of Trento
20.
Vieira Muterlle, Palloma.
Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Co and Ti Alloys for Biomedical Applications produced by Metal Injection Molding (MIM).
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/206/
► The present work was carried out in the frame of a scientific cooperation between the Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies of Trento University…
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▼ The present work was carried out in the frame of a scientific cooperation between the Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies of Trento University and MIMEST spa (Pergine Valsugana, Trento). The cooperation was established to develop the applications of MIM products in the biomedical fields, with the production of both prosthesis and external tutors and surgery tools. In this quite wide and promising
area, four materials were investigated: cobalt alloys, titanium alloys, austenitic stainless steel and precipitation hardening stainless steels.
The research was mainly focused on the optimization of the properties, in particular the study of the effect of the as sintered microstructure on some properties which are requested for the specific applications.
Most of the investigation has been dedicated to the cobalt alloys, since the whole of the open questions was quite large. Consequently, the cobalt alloys took most of the time dedicated to the project.
Advisors/Committee Members: Molinari, Alberto.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Vieira Muterlle, Palloma. “Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Co and Ti Alloys for Biomedical Applications produced by Metal Injection Molding (MIM).” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Trento. Accessed April 15, 2021.
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Vieira Muterlle, Palloma. “Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Co and Ti Alloys for Biomedical Applications produced by Metal Injection Molding (MIM).” Web. 15 Apr 2021.
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Vieira Muterlle P. Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Co and Ti Alloys for Biomedical Applications produced by Metal Injection Molding (MIM). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/206/.
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Vieira Muterlle P. Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Co and Ti Alloys for Biomedical Applications produced by Metal Injection Molding (MIM). [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Trento; Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/206/
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University of Trento
21.
Repchankova, Alena.
Anti-Stiction And Self-Recovery Active Mechanisms For High Reliability RF-MEMS Switches.
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/328/
► Reliability of RF-MEMS devices is one of the main concerns of the engineers and scientists dealing with such type of devices. In particular, there are…
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▼ Reliability of RF-MEMS devices is one of the main concerns of the engineers and scientists dealing with such type of devices. In particular, there are plenty of studies and investigations devoted to protection of devices from dierent kind of failures related to their operating conditions. The adhesion of movable parts of switches onto the actuation electrode, also referred to as stiction, due to accumulated charge or to micro-welding phenomenon, are the most common types of RF-MEMS failures. This work presents a novel effective heat-based mechanism that enables to release a stuck component. Such mechanism can be embedded within the switches of any topology and it has no influence on the normal behavior of the device.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dalla Betta, Gian-Franco, Iannacci, Jacopo.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Repchankova, Alena. “Anti-Stiction And Self-Recovery Active Mechanisms For High Reliability RF-MEMS Switches.” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Trento. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/328/.
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Repchankova, Alena. “Anti-Stiction And Self-Recovery Active Mechanisms For High Reliability RF-MEMS Switches.” Web. 15 Apr 2021.
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Repchankova A. Anti-Stiction And Self-Recovery Active Mechanisms For High Reliability RF-MEMS Switches. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/328/.
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Repchankova A. Anti-Stiction And Self-Recovery Active Mechanisms For High Reliability RF-MEMS Switches. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Trento; Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/328/
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University of Trento
22.
Dapor, Maurizio.
Computer simulation of electron transport in solids with applications to materials analysis and characterization.
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/953/
► Monte Carlo (MC) technique allows solving mathematical and physical problems of great complexity. One of the main topics that can be approached using the MC…
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▼ Monte Carlo (MC) technique allows solving mathematical and physical problems of great complexity. One of the main topics that can be approached using the MC strategies concerns the study of the electron-solid interaction (transport MC).
Transport MC allows predicting the behavior of charged particles traveling through the matter and it has been widely utilized in many applications. Among them, on the side of the chemical analysis of the surfaces and the interfaces of materials, let us mention Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Reflection Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (REELS), and Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES).
Concerning the simulation of the backscattering coefficient, it can be utilized for evaluating the chemical composition of the target, for measuring the thickness of thin surface films – even in case of multi-layered structures, and so on. Regarding the secondary electron emission, MC simulation can be used for the study of image contrast in silicon p-n junctions, for line-scan calculations of resist materials with given geometrical cross-sections deposited on silicon substrates, etc.
The aim of this work is to investigate some physical problems related to the transport of electrons in solid targets. The theoretical results will be validated through a comparison with the available experimental data.
Advisors/Committee Members: Gialanella, Stefano.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Dapor, Maurizio. “Computer simulation of electron transport in solids with applications to materials analysis and characterization.” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Trento. Accessed April 15, 2021.
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Dapor, Maurizio. “Computer simulation of electron transport in solids with applications to materials analysis and characterization.” Web. 15 Apr 2021.
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Dapor M. Computer simulation of electron transport in solids with applications to materials analysis and characterization. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/953/.
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Dapor M. Computer simulation of electron transport in solids with applications to materials analysis and characterization. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Trento; Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/953/
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University of Trento
23.
Downs, John Axel.
Mechanisms of Flash Sintering in Cubic Zirconia.
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/976/
► The recently discovered flash sintering technique has shown that the application of a sufficiently large dc electric field (E-field) to a ceramic during sintering can…
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▼ The recently discovered flash sintering technique has shown that the application of a sufficiently large dc electric field (
E-field) to a ceramic during sintering can cause sintering at temperatures several hundred degrees below conventional temperatures with sintering rates that allow for sintering in seconds rather than hours. This technique has already been demonstrated in wide range of ceramic materials including ionic conductors, electronic conductors, semi-conductors and insulators. The application of this techniques to a large range of materials and the dramatic lowering of sintering temperatures and times means this technique has the possibility to revolutionize the ceramics field.
Because the field of flash sintering is still young, the dominant mechanisms are still yet to be identified. So far, the mechanisms active during flash sintering remain only hypothetical. The key to the mechanism is that it must connect two phenomena controlled by different species: conductivity, which is determined by the fast moving species, and sintering, which is controlled by the slowest moving species. At this point the primary hypothesis is that the high
E-fields used cause the nucleation and separation of Frenkel defects allowing for both high sintering rates and high conductivities.
This work aims to identify the mechanisms involved in the flash sintering of cubic 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (8YSZ). This materials has been selected because it was one of the first materials show flash sintering properties, and that it has been very well characterized because of its use as a fast oxygen ion conductor.
This work began with the construction and initial testing of flash sintering equipment. Mechanistic investigations were performed on fully dense presintered samples of various grain sizes and single crystalline samples
subject to the voltages similar to those used during flash sintering at constant temperatures between 600°C and 1000°C. Because flash sintering has a sintering component and electrochemical component, dense samples were used to remove the sintering so observations can be made only on the electrochemical behaviors during these electrical treatments. Additionally, the range of
E-fields used for flash sintering of green 8YSZ samples was increased by an order of magnitude from the 150 V/cm to 2250 V/cm.
Treatment of fully dense and single crystal samples show that the electrolytic reduction of ZrO2 to ZrO2-δ give I-V relations and power dissipations that are similar to those observed in flash sintering of powder samples. Flash sintering using
E-field up to 2250 V/cm reveals several relationships between temperature,
E-field, current density and power dissipation and their relation to the onset of sintering and densification. Most importantly the onset of sintering can be determined by the power relationship TOnset = 2440
E-1/5.85, where TOnset is the furnace temperature when flash sintering starts in K and
E the applied
E-field.
Based on these observations, a new mechanism based on electrolytic…
Advisors/Committee Members: Sglavo, Vincenzo.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Downs, J. A. (n.d.). Mechanisms of Flash Sintering in Cubic Zirconia. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Trento. Retrieved from http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/976/
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Downs, John Axel. “Mechanisms of Flash Sintering in Cubic Zirconia.” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Trento. Accessed April 15, 2021.
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Downs JA. Mechanisms of Flash Sintering in Cubic Zirconia. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/976/.
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University of Trento
24.
Skrypka, Kateryna.
Applications of Intelligent Manufacturing and of Numerical/Analytical Modeling Techniques to Milling Processes.
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/2559/
► Milling is one of the most important and common processes widely used in manufacturing industry, which is a very competitive environment. For this reason, manufacturing…
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▼ Milling is one of the most important and common processes widely used in manufacturing industry, which is a very competitive environment. For this reason, manufacturing companies are facing many different challenges. The offering of a variety of high quality products, the restriction of production time and costs, the increase of productivity, and the need for flexibility of production are the goals that manufacturers have to consider and achieve in order to succeed in their field. These aspects relate to the process study, optimization and control, and in recent years many attempts to find possible solutions and techniques to manage these steps in a proper way have been done. The first solution that a lot of enterprises were motivated to research and utilize relates to the application of the finite element modeling (FEM) techniques to study manufacturing processes or to highlight behaviour of products, for example of cutting tools, during the design phase. The second technique deals with the manufacturing process control, and is aimed at the increasing of automation level of modern production systems by evolving them towards the paradigm of Intelligent Manufacturing. The present work is focused on the study and evaluation of the effectiveness of both techniques.
The first part of the research presented in this thesis is dedicated to the study of the application of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems to milling processes. In particular, in the Chapter 1 it is discussed the improvement of the artificial operator called Evaluation and Perception Controller (EPC) built by the Mechatronics group of the University of Trento within the national project Michelangelo in 2013. In this thesis it is proposed to improve the performance characteristics of the EPC system in terms of the process quality, described by the surface roughness value. In particular, it is proposed to associate the surface roughness term to the scallop height value, and to include a model that describes the mechanism of scallop height formation into the Optimal Control Problem formulation.
Chapter 2 of this work is related to the application of FEM techniques to study milling processes. In particular, in this section the influence of CAD cutting tool models (STEP and STL) on 3D FEM AdvantEdge prediction accuracy in terms of the average and maximum cutting forces, and deformed chip thickness and curvature radius values are studied. In addition, this part of the thesis includes also the discussion of the problems related to the application of 2D FEM modeling techniques to study the influence of cutting tools geometries on the feed and tangential cutting forces that act in three-dimensional cutting processes.
Chapter 3 of this thesis is dedicated to the development of a model suitable for prediction of cutting forces that act in non-tilted and tilted side down-milling processes performed with end mills. The development of this model has two purposes. First of all, it can be included into the EPC controller, thus extending the field of the possible…
Advisors/Committee Members: Bosetti, Paolo.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Skrypka, Kateryna. “Applications of Intelligent Manufacturing and of Numerical/Analytical Modeling Techniques to Milling Processes.” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Trento. Accessed April 15, 2021.
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Skrypka K. Applications of Intelligent Manufacturing and of Numerical/Analytical Modeling Techniques to Milling Processes. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/2559/.
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Skrypka K. Applications of Intelligent Manufacturing and of Numerical/Analytical Modeling Techniques to Milling Processes. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Trento; Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/2559/
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University of Trento
25.
Solano-Correa, Yady Tatiana.
Advanced methods for the analysis of multispectral multitemporal satellite images.
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/2845/
► Thanks to the revisit property of the Earth observation satellites, a huge amount of multitemporal (MT) images are now available in archives. Such kind of…
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▼ Thanks to the revisit property of the Earth observation satellites, a huge amount of multitemporal (MT) images are now available in archives. Such kind of images allows us to monitor land surface changes in wide geographical areas according to both long term (
e.g., yearly) and short term (
e.g., daily) observations. Evolution on the acquisition sensor technology has resulted in the availability of MT and multispectral satellite images with: i) Very High spatial Resolution (VHR) (
e.g., Quick-Bird, WorlView-2) and, ii) very high temporal and high spatial resolutions (
e.g., Sentinel-2 (S2)). Images acquired by such sensors allow for a detailed geometrical and temporal analysis when compared to medium or high spatial and temporal resolution data. Nevertheless, factors like satel-lite revisit period, the possible competing orders of different users on the satellite pointing (for VHR images only), the limited life of a satellite mission, and weather conditions can lead to: i) lack of enough images acquired by a single sensor to perform MT analysis (VHR case), and ii) lack of regular and continuous Time Series (TS) to perform short term MT analysis (very high temporal and high spatial resolution sensors case) at the level of small objects. Both problems arise from the application requirements on temporal resolution and are being of particular interest in the last years. Two main solutions to the above mentioned problems can be considered: i) use of multisen-sor VHR optical images to replace the missing acquisitions when a single VHR sensor is considered and; ii) development of regression techniques to reconstruct regular and continuous TS from both high temporal and very high temporal resolution sensors. In the literature, most of the MT analysis techniques have been designed to work with: i) VHR images acquired by single sensors, and ii) multispectral images acquired by high spatial resolution sensors, but with low temporal resolution or very high temporal resolution, but with low spatial resolution. Therefore, the effectiveness of ex-isting techniques when applied to the complex MT problems in both VHR multisensor and very high temporal resolution images is reduced. Accordingly, the goal of this thesis is to develop novel tech-niques for the automatic analysis of MT multispectral satellite images such that images acquired by multisensor VHR and very high temporal resolution sensors can be analyzed.
The thesis provides four main novel contributions to the state-of-the-art. The first three contribu-tions address the problems arising from the analysis of multisensor VHR multispectral images, whereas the fourth one deals with the problems faced while working with long TS acquired by sen-sors with high spatial and very high temporal resolutions. The first contribution presents an ap-proach for unsupervised CD in multisensor MT VHR images, where the possible sources of noise/changes are studied in detail and a strategy to mitigate them at the levels of pre-processing and feature extraction is presented. In the second…
Advisors/Committee Members: Bovolo, Francesca, Bruzzone, Lorenzo.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Solano-Correa, Yady Tatiana. “Advanced methods for the analysis of multispectral multitemporal satellite images.” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Trento. Accessed April 15, 2021.
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Solano-Correa, Yady Tatiana. “Advanced methods for the analysis of multispectral multitemporal satellite images.” Web. 15 Apr 2021.
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Solano-Correa YT. Advanced methods for the analysis of multispectral multitemporal satellite images. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/2845/.
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Solano-Correa YT. Advanced methods for the analysis of multispectral multitemporal satellite images. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Trento; Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/2845/
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University of Trento
26.
Metinöz, Ibrahim.
Dry sliding and contact fatigue behavior of different high density Ni-Cu-Mo PM Steels
.
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1285/
► The usage of PM steels in industry, claims for continuous efforts in research and development. For this purpose, the world biggest part manufacturer, GKN Sinter…
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▼ The usage of PM steels in industry, claims for continuous efforts in research and development. For this purpose, the world biggest part manufacturer, GKN Sinter Metals and the Department of Industrial Engineering of University of Trento started a cooperation to investigate the wear and contact fatigue properties of PM steels.
Wear is one of the most important factors that limit the life of engineering components in different ways. In this research two very common phenomena, dry sliding and contact fatigue behavior of PM parts have been investigated.
In the first part of the work dry sliding behavior of Fe-Mo-Cu-C and Fe-Mo-Cu-Ni-C steels were investigated. This study was done to investigate the influence of Ni on dry sliding behavior of PM steels. Ni-rich constituent is expected to decrease wear resistance, due to a localized plastic deformation which reduces the load bearing capacity of the surface. Once the effect of the presence of Ni has been assessed, in the second part of the work dry sliding wear resistance of two Ni-alloyed sintered steels, differing for Ni content, was investigated to highlight any effect due to the amount of this alloying element. Based on experimental results, a procedure for the design of dry sliding wear resistant parts was proposed as well.
In the second part of the work the contact fatigue behavior of three different steels was investigated. The aim was the proposal of a conservative approach to predict the contact fatigue behavior of different sintered and heat treated steels, based on the nucleation of the fatigue crack. The model is developed by calculating the maximum local stress from the theory of the elastic contact and the matrix yield strength from the microhardness of the steels, under different mean Hertzian pressures. Effect of shot peening on contact fatigue behavior was also investigated. Two different types of shot peening, ceramic or steel+ceramic, were considered. Stress and strength calculations were made based on the local approach on contact fatigue, which was validated in the second part of the work.
Advisors/Committee Members: Cristofolini, Ilaria, Molinari, Alberto.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Metinöz, Ibrahim. “Dry sliding and contact fatigue behavior of different high density Ni-Cu-Mo PM Steels
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http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1285/.
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Metinöz, Ibrahim. “Dry sliding and contact fatigue behavior of different high density Ni-Cu-Mo PM Steels
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Metinöz I. Dry sliding and contact fatigue behavior of different high density Ni-Cu-Mo PM Steels
. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1285/.
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Metinöz I. Dry sliding and contact fatigue behavior of different high density Ni-Cu-Mo PM Steels
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University of Trento
27.
Andreetto, Marco.
Authority-Sharing Control of Assistive Robotic Walkers
.
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/3628/
► A recognized consequence of population aging is a reduced level of mobility, which undermines the life quality of several senior citizens. A promising solution is…
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▼ A recognized consequence of population aging is a reduced level of mobility, which undermines the life quality of several senior citizens. A promising solution is represented by assisitive robotic walkers, combining the benefits of standard walkers (improved stability and physical support) with sensing and computing ability to guarantee cognitive support. In this context, classical robot control strategies designed for fully autonomous systems (such as fully autonomous vehicles, where the user is excluded from the
loop) are clearly not suitable, since the user’s residual abilities must be exploited and practiced. Conversely, to guarantee safety even in the presence of user’s cognitive
deficits, the responsibility of controlling the vehicle motion cannot be entirely left to the assisted person. The authority-sharing paradigm, where the control authority,
i.
e., the capability of controlling the vehicle motion, is shared between the human user and the control system, is a promising solution to this problem.
This research develops control strategies for assistive robotic walkers based on authority-sharing: this way, we ensure that the walker provides the user only the help he/she needs for safe navigation. For instance, if the user requires just physical support to reach the restrooms, the robot acts as a standard rollator; however, if the user’s cognitive abilities are limited (
e.g., the user does not remember where the restrooms are, or he/she does not recognize obstacles on the path), the robot also
drives the user towards the proper corridors, by planning and following a safe path to the restrooms.
The authority is allocated on the basis of an error metric, quantifying the distance between the current vehicle heading and the desired movement direction to perform the task. If the user is safely performing the task, he/she is endowed with control authority, so that his/her residual abilities are exploited. Conversely, if the user is not capable of safely solving the task (for instance, he/is going to collide with an obstacle), the robot intervenes by partially or totally taking the control authority to help the user and ensure his/her safety (for instance, avoiding the collision). We provide detailed control design and theoretical and simulative analyses of the proposed strategies. Moreover, extensive experimental validation shows that authority-sharing is a successful approach to guide a senior citizen, providing both comfort and safety. The most promising solutions include the use of haptic systems to suggest the user a proper behavior, and the modification of the perceived physical interaction of the user with the robot to gradually share the control authority using a variable stiffness vehicle handling.
Advisors/Committee Members: Palopoli, Luigi, Fontanelli, Daniele.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Andreetto, Marco. “Authority-Sharing Control of Assistive Robotic Walkers
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Andreetto M. Authority-Sharing Control of Assistive Robotic Walkers
. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
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Andreetto M. Authority-Sharing Control of Assistive Robotic Walkers
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University of Trento
28.
Mohammadian Rad, Nastaran.
Deep Learning for Abnormal Movement Detection using Wearable Sensors: Case Studies on Stereotypical Motor Movements in Autism and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease.
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/3682/
► Inertial measurement sensing technology with the capability of capturing disease-relevant data has a great potential for improving the current clinical assessments and enhancing the quality…
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▼ Inertial measurement sensing technology with the capability of capturing disease-relevant data has a great potential for improving the current clinical assessments and enhancing the quality of life in patients with neuro-developmental and neuro-degenerative diseases such as autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). The current clinical assessments can be improved by developing objective tools for the disease diagnosis and continuous monitoring of patients in out of clinical settings. To this end, it is necessary to develop automatic abnormal movement detection methods with the capability of adjusting on new patients' data in real-life settings. However, achieving this goal is challenging mainly because of the inter and intra-
subject variability in acquired signals and the lack of labeled data. The research presented in this thesis investigates the application of deep neural networks to address these challenges of abnormal movement detection using inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors with case studies on stereotypical motor movements in ASD and freezing of gait in PD patients. In this direction, this thesis provides four main contributions: i) A convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture is proposed to learn discriminative features which are sufficiently robust to inter and intra-
subject variability. It is further shown how the proposed CNN architecture can be used for parameter transfer learning to enhance the adaptability of the abnormal movement detection system to new data in a longitudinal study. ii) An application of recurrent neural networks and more specifically long short-term memory (LSTM) in combination with CNN is proposed in order to incorporate more the temporal dynamics of IMU signals in the process of feature learning for abnormal movement detection. iii) An ensemble learning approach is proposed to improve the detection accuracy and at the same time to reduce the variance of models. iv) In the normative modeling framework, the problem of abnormal movement detection is redefined in the context of novelty detection and it is shown how a probabilistic denoising autoencoder can be used to learn the distribution of the normal human movements. The resulting deep normative model then is used in a novelty detection setting for unsupervised abnormal movement detection. The experimental results on three benchmark datasets collected from ASD and PD patients illustrate the high potentials of deep learning paradigm to address the crucial challenges toward real-time abnormal movement detection systems using wearable technologies.
Advisors/Committee Members: Furlanello, Cesare, Marchiori, Elena, van Laarhoven, Twan.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Mohammadian Rad, Nastaran. “Deep Learning for Abnormal Movement Detection using Wearable Sensors: Case Studies on Stereotypical Motor Movements in Autism and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease.” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Trento. Accessed April 15, 2021.
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Mohammadian Rad, Nastaran. “Deep Learning for Abnormal Movement Detection using Wearable Sensors: Case Studies on Stereotypical Motor Movements in Autism and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease.” Web. 15 Apr 2021.
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Mohammadian Rad N. Deep Learning for Abnormal Movement Detection using Wearable Sensors: Case Studies on Stereotypical Motor Movements in Autism and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
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Mohammadian Rad N. Deep Learning for Abnormal Movement Detection using Wearable Sensors: Case Studies on Stereotypical Motor Movements in Autism and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Trento; Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/3682/
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University of Trento
29.
Zanetti, Matteo.
Integrated Measurements of Stress, Motion Capture and Environmental Parameters for Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios.
Degree: PhD, University of Trento
URL: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/3738/
► Chronic diseases and their consequent impairment of the cognitive and motor functions are becoming considerable problems for modern societies that are undergoing rapid demographic changes.…
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▼ Chronic diseases and their consequent impairment of the cognitive and motor functions are becoming considerable problems for modern societies that are undergoing rapid demographic changes. Advanced technologies are supposed to be determinant to enable new services and provide assistive devices for patient home care. However, the real-life applicability of these technologies needs to be proved in real settings and their efficacy needs to be tested as regards the environment and patient.
In this context, accurate measurement of stress and effort (performed at any level, i.
e., muscular, cardiovascular, or cerebral) combined with the
subject behaviour (motion of the
subject while interacting with the assistive device) and the environment status is determinant for assessing the cost/benefit ratio of each specific assistive technology. The final goal of this project was the implementation of a multi-sensorial platform able to collect multivariate biological signals, motion capture, and environment-related interaction parameters and to elaborate them to provide physicians with a measurable indicator of the user point of view and performances achievable.
Operating in the context of integrated system physiology, evaluation of effort and adaptation to a task are assessed as whole on the entire body response thus providing a holistic estimation of potential improvement of life condition.
Part of the work presented in this thesis was developed inside the AUSILIA project financed by Provincia Autonoma di Trento and partially developed with the support of the IEEE Smart Cities Initiative - Student Grant Program.
Advisors/Committee Members: De Cecco, Mariolino, Nollo, Giandomenico.
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione
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Zanetti, Matteo. “Integrated Measurements of Stress, Motion Capture and Environmental Parameters for Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios.” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Trento. Accessed April 15, 2021.
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Zanetti M. Integrated Measurements of Stress, Motion Capture and Environmental Parameters for Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Trento; [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/3738/.
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Zanetti M. Integrated Measurements of Stress, Motion Capture and Environmental Parameters for Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Trento; Available from: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/3738/
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30.
Beninato, Angela.
Development of innovative transducers based on Magnetic Fluids.
Degree: 2012, Università degli Studi di Catania
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1077
► It is quite common, in the advances on scientific research, to witness how material properties are exploited toward sensing applications in order to realize novel…
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▼ It is quite common, in the advances on scientific research, to witness how material properties are exploited toward sensing applications in order to realize novel devices with high performances and tunable characteristics.
The synthesis of materials that are not in nature but that are rea-lized in chemical laboratories is often a response to such a requirement.
In particular meta materials and, in general, those materials made by the aggregation of several components to result into a multi-phase compound, are often very flexible and can provide very interesting performance in many different application fields.
Among these, magnetic materials have gained great relevance thanks to the possibility of controlling many of their features via external magnetic fields but also to the fact that their presence, position or space distribution, is easily detectable by using magnetic sensors.
In this Thesis an innovative approach to the development of com-plex devices made by multiple sensing parts together with actuators, and an integrated micro-fluidic system are considered.
The basic concept here is the use of new materials, called ferrofluids or magnetic fluids, made by a suspension of magnetic nanoparticles in a carrier fluid; several different devices have been developed and are shown here in order to demonstrate the possibility to use ferrofluids as a core material to realize both the actuating section of a fluidic system and the sensing.
The devices realized have been developed as laboratory prototypes and as proofs of concept of the ideas that have been first conceived, and then mathematical and numerical modeled prior to be designed as experimental devices.
Due to the intrinsic magnetic nature of the ferrofluids, a briefly introduction on basic concepts about magnetism is discussed in Chapter 1. A classification of materials in nature according to their magnetic behavior is reported, together with some details about the two fundamental source of magnetism: permanent magnets and electromagnets. Finally the main typologies of magnetic sensors commercially available are discussed.
In Chapter 2 the magnetic fluids are presented, together with their applications both in the market and in the research world. The main forces acting on a ferrofluid mass are discussed and modeled.
In Chapter 3 the attention is focused toward sensors realized during this Ph.D. research activity: a gyroscope, a displace-ment/acceleration sensor, a flow sensor and an inclinometer are dis-cussed, together with their physical model and with the experimental characterization.
In Chapter 4 research results on ferrofluids when used in actuators are presented. Plungers, valves and a position control system for ferrofluids drop in water have been developed. Two devices are presented: a pump in which a ferrofluid mass is controlled by an array of electromagnets, and a path tracking system, in which a mass is moved along a pre-defined path by a matrix of electromagnets.
The implementation toward integrated device is nowadays of paramount importance…
Subjects/Keywords: Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione; magnetic fluids, ferrofluid sensors, ferrofluid actuators, integrate systems
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Beninato, A. (2012). Development of innovative transducers based on Magnetic Fluids. (Thesis). Università degli Studi di Catania. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1077
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Beninato, Angela. “Development of innovative transducers based on Magnetic Fluids.” 2012. Thesis, Università degli Studi di Catania. Accessed April 15, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1077.
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Beninato, Angela. “Development of innovative transducers based on Magnetic Fluids.” 2012. Web. 15 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Beninato A. Development of innovative transducers based on Magnetic Fluids. [Internet] [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. [cited 2021 Apr 15].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1077.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Beninato A. Development of innovative transducers based on Magnetic Fluids. [Thesis]. Università degli Studi di Catania; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1077
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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